SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 17, 2013) - ConsultingMD, the premier expert consultation service, announced today it has changed its name to Grand Rounds -- bringing the time-honored tradition of leading physicians, surgeons and academics solving the world's most complex medical problems to the cloud. Building on a $10 million investment from Venrock, Grand Rounds modernizes the way patients find specialists in the field and physicians review medical records, providing state-of-the-art care to those who need it most.
Since the turn of the 20th century, top physicians at the world's most respected hospitals and academic medical centers would regularly meet to share research, advance medical practices and discuss the best approach to improve patient care and solve challenging medical paradoxes, calling the practice 'grand rounds.' Today, Grand Rounds modernizes that tradition by offering patients around the country state-of-the-art access to the nation's top 0.1 percent of physicians through its cutting-edge cloud-based platform.
"Medical technology and research are advancing faster than ever, but there has not yet been a deep understanding of quality," said Owen Tripp, CEO and co-founder of Grand Rounds. "It's time that a company revolutionizes the way medical quality is understood and practiced -- Grand Rounds is that company."
With Grand Rounds' unique platform, members gain the ability to navigate a large network of prestigious physicians offering expert consultations on a myriad of health-related conditions and diseases, ensuring the best path to treatment. Grand Rounds' technology provides physicians in the Grand Rounds network with a comprehensive 360-degree digital profile of a patient's history and medical records, allowing them to provide conclusive opinions on the most complex medical issues and eliminate geographical barriers on patient care.
"Here in Silicon Valley, HR professionals are seeing a fierce battle as we aim to offer the best benefits to the nation's most creative and forward thinking employees," said Lynne Collins, vice president of human resources for Hightail (formerly YouSendIt). "With Grand Rounds, our company has a major edge by providing a virtual clinic of the country's best doctors. If just one of our employees sees a life-changing alteration in treatment as a result of a Grand Rounds expert consultation, then our investment in the service has been worth it."
In addition to the company's changing name, Grand Rounds announced today the hiring of Evan Richardson to the executive team, who will serve as vice president, product. As the former head of enterprise products at Castlight Health, Richardson has an array of experience developing and bringing new products, service offerings and technology platforms to market. In his new role at Grand Rounds, Richardson will lead a growing development team to deliver Grand Rounds' cloud technology, enabling the company's prestigious physician network to deliver expert opinions to Grand Rounds patients across the country.